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docarchana
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09/27/06 - 05:29 PM

A 42-year-old man with pneumococcal pneumonia has acute fibrinous pleuritis. Which of the following proteolytic enzymes is required to eliminate the exudate and restore normal pleural anatomy?

A) Collagenase

B) Plasmin

C) Stromeolysin

D) Thrombin

E) Trypsin

sridevibandaru24
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09/28/06 - 09:40 AM

i think it is Plasmin since plasmin converts fibrin into fibrin split products

klimt
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09/30/06 - 12:38 PM

A - collagenase

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10/02/06 - 10:28 AM

B- Plasmin degrades the fibrin.

young_doc
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10/02/06 - 11:13 AM

B.

This i was in the Path forum just recently!

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